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Hiring Native Translators: Why Does it Matter?

Whatever the context might be, having a translator and linguistic interpreter can be quite handy. Language is a challenging organism which rapidly changes from place to place. Even in your own backyard, there are likely accents stretching from one end of the country to the next. Outside of the United States, dialects exist by the […]

September 8, 2016
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Is English REALLY the International Language?

The answer to this question depends on whether you’re having a calm discussion about it in the classroom or a heated shouting match in a bar. In the classroom, the conclusion would be “yes – sometimes and for some things,” in the bar the answer is whatever the biggest and toughest guy says. Who Makes […]

How do Translation Companies Work?

Traditionally, translation companies processed all of their translations in-house, whereas translation agencies outsourced their translation work to freelancers. These days, this distinction between the two sources for professional translation services is fading. The general distinction still applies, but there is overlap in how these services are processed. The primary reason for outsourcing to freelancers is […]

Why Having your Site Professionally Translated Matters

Language barriers can be a serious hurdle to overcome. There’s more to a different language than the words used or phrases said; the very placement of things like verbs and nouns changes dramatically from dialect to dialect. Some who might not know a language will try elementary methods to attain a basic translation of something, […]

What is Spanglish? Chinglish?

Language is always evolving, due to a variety of different pressures and circumstances. One of the things that influences the evolution of any language is the exposure of its speakers to other languages. In every language, around the world, there are occurrences of loan words: words which originated in one language and then are adopted […]

What is Internet Localization?

Businesses looking to expand their marketing to an international audience have a lot to consider. Small businesses, in particular, have a difficult time pulling of this expansion because they often have very limited marketing budgets. Internet Localization Defined To present a “local” look and feel to potential customers, businesses usually begin by translating their website. […]

Languages of the Rainbow Nation

With the passing of Nelson Mandela on December 5, 2013, there is renewed interest in examining his life, his struggles, and his accomplishments. This is an opportunity for many who did not follow the story of the arc of his life to learn of the country from which he hailed. The Rainbow Nation A rainbow, […]

American English, British English, Australian English… What’s International English?

Not surprisingly, the answer to that question depends on who you ask. While all speakers of English can generally carry on conversations with one another, differences do exists between the English that is spoken in different regions of the world. There are many other “English” speakers than those listed in the title of this article. […]

How do we translate software and video games?

Translation services are often thought to refer to the translating of documents from one language to another – usually contracts, web content, brochures, fliers, and the like. When the translation services to be performed are for software or video games, multiple translation services are required. Those services may also need to be augmented with a […]

Translators vs. Machine Translations

If you’re old enough to remember AltaVista in its heyday, you probably also remember their BabelFish translator. You’d type or paste some text into the BabelFish translator, select a translation language, and click. If you were familiar with the translated language, it was clear that the technology had not yet evolved into a truly usable […]

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